Cabbage 1.5 5.8 0.5 1.2 2.0 89.0 Sea Kale 2.4 2.8 -- 0.6 0.9 93.3 Celery 1.2 3.8 -- 0.8 0.9 93.3 Mushrooms 5.0 3.8 0.7 0.5 -- 90.0 Lettuce 0.7 1.0 0.2 1.0 0.5 96.0 Watercress 1.7 2.7 0.5 1.3 0.7 93.1 Irish Moss 9.4 55.4 -- 14.2 2.2 18.8 Rhubarb[A] 0.9 2.1 -- 0.5 1.1 95.1 FRUITS. Apples 0.4 12.0 1.0[B] 0.4 3.2 83.0 Pears 0.3 11.6 0.1[B] 0.3 3.7 84.0 Gooseberries 0.4 8.9 1.5[C] 0.5 2.7 86.0 Grapes 0.7 16.1 0.8[D] 0.4 2.0 80.0 Strawberr's K. 1.0 6.8 1.0[B] 0.8 2.3 87.7 Currants, K. 0.5 7.3 2.1[B] 0.7 4.6 84.8 Cherries[E] K. 0.6 11.4 0.9[B] 0.7 6.1 80.3 Plums[E] K. 0.8 11.0 0.9[B] 0.7 5.4 81.2 Peaches[E] 0.5 9.8 0.7[B] 0.6 3.4 85.0 Bananas 4.8 19.7 0.6 0.8 0.2 73.9 Figs, Turkey 6.1 65.9 0.9 2.3 7.3 17.5 Dates[E] 6.6 66.3 0.2 1.6 5.5 20.8 Tomatoes 1.4 8.0 -- 0.8 -- 89.8 Vegetable Marrow 0.6 2.6 0.2 0.5 1.3 94.8 Cucumbers 0.2 2.7 -- 0.4 0.5 96.2 MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Cows' Milk 4.0 5.0 3.7 0.75 -- 86.5 Cream 6.0 2.5 36.3 0.2 -- 55.0 Skim Milk 4.3 5.5 0.4 0.8 -- 89.0 Asses' Mk. WB 1.9 5.5 1.0 0.4 -- 91.2 Goats' Mk. WB 3.7 4.0 4.2 0.56 -- 87.5 Hum'n Mk. WB 3.0 5.9 2.9 0.16 -- 88.0 Butter 2.5 0.3 86.2 1.0 -- 10.0 Condensed Milk,[H] H 10.1 54.8 9.4 2.0 -- 23.7 Cheese, dble. Glo'ster, J. 38.0 -- 22.0 4.25 -- 35.8 Cheese, American, WB 37.2 -- 35.4 4.8 -- 22.6 Hens' Eggs[A,G]14.0 -- 11.0 1.3 -- 71.7 The letters refer to the authorities for the analyses:--J.B., James Bell; W.B., A.W. Blyth; K., König, mean of 70 analyses; C., Cameron; H., Otto Hehner; J., Johnstone. The other analyses are nearly all taken from Professor Church's useful work on "Food" (published for three shillings by Chapman & Hall), to which the inquirer is referred. [Footnote A: Contains 0.3% oxalic acid.] [Footnote B: Malic acid.] [Footnote C: Citric acid.] [Footnote D: Tartaric acid.] [Footnote E: Without stones.]
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